Choice 1652 Crown

CNG 108, Lot: 1167. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. AR Crown (44mm, 30.16 g, 2h). Tower (London) mint; im: sun. Dated 1652. (sun) · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND ·, coat-of-arms within wreath / · GOD · WITH · VS · I652, conjoined coats-of-arms; · V · (mark of value) above. ESC 4; North 2721; SCBC 3214. Choice EF, richly toned, lovely surfaces. Tiny collector’s marks by Sun and in the “O” of GOD.

Ex Hess-Divo 296 (7 May 2003), lot 327.